Samuel BUNCH

(1786-1849)

BUNCH, Samuel, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Grainger County, Tenn.,
December 4, 1786; attended the public schools; engaged in
agricultural pursuits; served in the Creek War as captain of a
company of mounted riflemen under General Jackson and participated
in the attack on Hillibeetown November 18, 1813; sheriff of
Grainger County for several years; elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-third Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the
Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837); resumed
agricultural pursuits; died on his farm near Rutledge, Grainger
County, Tenn., September 5, 1849; interment in a private cemetery
on his farm near Rutledge.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present